This virtual workshop will bring together diverse perspectives from multiple disciplines to explore advantages, barriers, gaps, and opportunities in the future of scientific conferencing, with an emphasis on virtual and hybrid approaches, and the impact of these approaches on diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging (DEIAB) and environmental sustainability. The workshop will leverage and model innovative evidence-informed approaches in the development and implementation of the workshop, to showcase the potential of a virtual platform for engaging attendees. The workshop aims to facilitate interdisciplinary communication and networking opportunities, facilitate identification of cross-cutting scientific gaps regarding the role of behavioral and social science factors in scientific conferencing, and inform practical strategies for designing effective and engaging scientific conferences and meetings.
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